Belgium gets an insane plan to separate the distance between Netherlands and Spain. Poor Romano. It's a shame that this friendship takes a fake relationship to happen. Well, maybe it doesn't have to be fake.

"That's horrible!" the Spaniard gasped. "I don't think I want to read a book about that."

"Good," the Dutch man mumbled flipping to the next page of his book.

"So, what was the last book you read? You know, the book you read before you started reading this book about a demon clown eating children?"

Netherlands sighed and ignored Spain. Why didn't the Spaniard realize that he didn't want to talk to him? He clearly had a book in front of him. That's the universal indication for "I'm reading. Don't try to talk to me".

"The last book I read was The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough," Spain stated after Netherlands didn't say anything. "It was really good. The author is from Australia. Isn't that wild?"

"Why do things have to be so awkward?" Belgium asked as she took a bowl of fruit out of the refrigerator.

"I'm not getting you," Romano said looking through the cabinets. "Where are the plates kept?"

"The next cupboard," the Belgian answered setting the container of fruit on the tabletop. "Why do they have to be so distant with each other?"

The Italian took the plates out of the cabinet he was directed to. "Who?"

"Spain and Netherlands," Belgium responded sighing. "Why can't they just talk to each other like normal people?"

"I don't know." Romano set the plates on the table. "Hey, are we going to need bowls?"

"We're just having waffles and fruit," the Belgian confirmed. "You know we should really do something about their relationship."

"We?" The Italian blushed.

Belgium laughed. "I came up with a plan earlier, but I'm going to need your help."

"My help?" Romano turned a darker shade of red. "Forget it!"

"Please?" She made the same face she made when he was a little kid wanting a kiss. "My plan won't fail."

He really couldn't resist that face. He's thought about it from time to time, and now he was seeing it again. "Fine, but the second it starts to fail I'm out!"

Belgium laughed. "It won't fail."

"If it does I'm out," Romano repeated. "What is this plan, anyway?"

The Belgian grinned. "Just play along with everything I say."

"And that's why I don't bother watching Disney sequels," Spain said, finishing a story he was telling to a very annoyed Netherlands.

"Dinner's ready!" Belgium's voice called from the dinning room. "Come to the dinning room!"

Netherlands set his book down on a coffee table. "Yay."

"I wonder what we're eating," Spain said standing up from his seat on the couch. "I'm sure it'll be good, whatever it is."

"Yeah." The Dutch man stood up and left for the kitchen.

"Oh, we aren't going to walk together," the Spaniard said frowning. "That's cool."

"Belgium, pass me the sugar." The sugar was actually closer to Spain, but Netherlands wasn't going to ask him to do anything.

The Belgian sighed, but handed him the sugar anyway. "So, Romano and I have a big announcement-"

Romano looked up from his waffle. "We do?"

"Yes, we do sweetheart," she confirmed giving him a stare.

The way she said "sweetheart" made Romano blush.

Belgium smiled. "This is our one week anniversary," she continued. "Isn't that great?"

"Congratulations!" the Spaniard said as the Italian's face turned a darker shade of red.

"One week anniversary of what?" Netherlands asked, clearly mad and not paying attention to the mountain of sugar he was dumping onto his waffles.

"Dating." She grabbed Romano's hand and held it with hers. "We made it through seven days, and we're still happy to be together!"

"I'm so happy for you guys," Spain said as Romano's hand began to sweat out of nervousness. "Romano never said anything about you guys dating. I could have given him advice."

Belgium laughed and gave Romano's hand a light squeeze. "He could have used some of that advice."

"Why didn't you tell me that you were dating Mini Spain?" the Dutch man asked, still not aware that he was adding too much sugar onto his waffle. The waffle wasn't visible anymore.

"I did," she answered smiling. "You were just too busy reading It to listen."

"How did you guys start dating?" the Spaniard asked curious, before Netherlands could say anything else.

"I'll let Romano tell the story." She gave his hand another squeeze.

The Italian just stayed silent. He was turning the color of stop sign, and he was too embarrassed to act like himself. If he were being himself, he would have snapped the second Netherlands called him "Mini Spain".

"Darling, you need to tell them how you asked me out," Belgium said turning to Romano. "You tell it so much better than I do."

"Uh..." The Italian really wasn't sure what he was supposed to say. "Well... one time I was at a bar... and Belgium was at the same bar... and we drank... and yeah."

The Dutch man raised an eyebrow. "How badly do you tell the story?" he asked the Belgian.

She just laughed and moved her chair closer to Romano. "Come on, honey, tell them the real story."

"It's embarrassing," Romano protested. He really didn't know what he was supposed to say. It really wasn't fair that Belgium was doing this to him. And why was she sitting so close to him?

"I want to hear this story." Netherlands's voice sounded more like it was giving an order.

"Me too!" Spain added.

Romano blushed. How much redder could his face get? "Well, uh, do you guys remember that rainy day I flipped my car in the ditch?"

She leaned in and gave him a peck on the lips. "Unless you want Spain to humiliate you, you should practice," she whispered as she moved her face away.

"Okay," he said dazed.

She smiled. "Good."

"Romano!" Spain called from the car. "Its time to go!"

On his way to the car, Romano couldn't help but put his hand to his lips.

A/N

Well, I'm impatient. I was going to post this after Lent. 'Cause I'm giving up the Internet for Lent. (Yeah, I know the impossible) But, I really wanted to post something before Lent. I'll finish this during Lent.

What do you guys think so far?

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